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Keene seeks grant for Jordan Road salamander crossing; Harris Center volunteer work to count toward city match
Summary
City Engineer Brian Ruff said the city received a preliminary grant award administered through the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department for a Jordan Road salamander crossing project estimated about $375,000; the city will provide a 10% match using tracked staff time and volunteer in‑kind work from the Harris Center, which the committee agreed to accept as a match.
City Engineer Brian Ruff described a Jordan Road Salamander Crossing project that is preliminarily funded through federal funds administered by the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. Ruff said the project is estimated at about $375,000 and requires a 10% city commitment; staff proposed meeting that commitment by tracking city staff time and by accepting in‑kind volunteer work from the Harris Center for Conservation Education.
"The project's estimated at about 375,000. With that is a 10% city commitment," Ruff said. Committee members asked about whether a tunnel was being considered and about other crossing locations. Ruff said the Harris Center had tracked salamander crossings and the project will place a tunnel under Jordan Road at a site identified as most conducive based on vernal pool data; the city will construct walls directing the animals to the crossing.
The committee moved to recommend that the city manager be authorized to accept, execute and expend the grant agreement with the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department and separately moved to accept in‑kind donations from the Harris Center for Conservation Education to be counted toward the city's match. Both recommendations passed unanimously and will go forward to the city council for final approval.
